This mid-1950s photograph of the Chicago Transit Authority's Indiana Avenue "L" station shows a northbound 6000-series, Englewood-Howard "A" train, and a south-bound Jackson Park "B" train. A few passengers wait on the platform.

From the early 1900s through 1957, the Indiana Avenue L station served as a transfer point to the Chicago Stockyards and to the South side Kenwood neighborhood. But by the 1950s, the once busy Stockyards had closed; ridership was down on both the Stockyard and Kenwood routes, and their infrastructure was crumbling. Both branch lines were closed in 1957, though the main line has continued to service Chicagos South side.